“The Chief Executive and The Board Chair: Building a Strong and Successful Partnership”
invites you to
“The Chief Executive And The Board Chair:
Building A Strong And Successful Partnership”
Part Two of a Two-Part Series
Join us for the second of two sessions to learn more about the powerful and dynamic relationship between the Chief Executive and the Board Chair.
At our February Roundtable, we heard from four experienced consultants who have worked with the leadership of many nonprofits, both large and small, and from every sector. They described various situations they have encountered, lessons learned about what makes for a successful CEO/Board Chair partnership and how nonprofit organizations can build the right leadership team.
At this follow-up session, we will hear from pairs of Executive Directors and Board Chairs from three organizations with different types of partnerships: (1) The Executive Director and Chair of The Fortune Society have worked as a team for several years; (2) The Executive Director and Chair of Goddard Riverside Community Center have worked together for a while, but the Chair is beginning her term in 2011; and (3) The Chair and Interim Executive Director of Civitella Ranieri Foundation, represent a different type of partnership limited in time and focused on transition.
Judith E. Katz, President of On Target Strategies, will facilitate this session which will focus on various ways that these pairs define their roles.
Panelists:
The Civitella Ranieri Foundation (www.civitella.org): John B. Roberts, Esq., Board Chair, practices law in his own firm in NYC. Mr. Roberts is admitted to practice in NY and Oklahoma, and focuses on trusts and estates, charitable organizations, and family wealth planning. He also serves on the board of the Vidda Foundation, the Lanie and Ethel Foundation, the National Councils of The Student Conversation Association and the World Wildlife Fund. David M. LaGreca, Interim Executive Director was hired in December of 2006 to serve as Interim ED and assist the board in finding new staff leadership. He currently is the ED of VCG Governance Matters but served as Interim ED of five organizations between 2004 and 2008. He currently serves as Board Chair of JOBSFIRSTNYC, an intermediary organization focused on out-of-school, out-of-work young adults.
The Fortune Society (http://www.fortunesociety.org/): Betty P. Rauch, Board Chair, is a marketing and communications professional. After more than a decade in advertising management on consumer package goods and services, she directed the marketing and business development functions for three start-up endeavors, and served as VP marketing for Club Med North America. Since 1993, Ms. Rauch has had a consulting practice focused on marketing, re-positioning, branding, and Internet strategies. JoAnne Page, President & CEO, has over 30 years experience in criminal justice, with the last 21 of those years at the helm of The Fortune Society, a nonprofit organization that has been recognized by researchers and policy makers as a pioneer in assisting former prisoners to reintegrate into society. Under Ms. Page’s stewardship, Fortune’s innovative and successful initiatives have become models for similar programs across the country. This includes the opening of the groundbreaking Fortune Academy, a nationally recognized residence housing for men and women who have been released from prison to homelessness.
Goddard Riverside Community Center (http://www.goddard.org/): Caroline Elizabeth (Betsy) Newell, Board Chair-Elect, is a life long educator and a graduate of Oxford University. She has worked for several international schools here and abroad, and is Past Chair of the Independent Schools Admissions Association. She has extensive board experience serving on the boards of Goddard Riverside Community Center and St. Mathews & St. Timothy’s Community Center, the Youth Counseling League, and the NY Junior League. She is currently a Director of the NY Daily Tax Free Bond Fund and the Empire Tax Free Fund and splits her time between NY and Oxford, England. Stephan Russo, Executive Director is a leader in the settlement house field and a recognized expert in the management and delivery of human services in NYC. He has been the ED of Goddard Riverside Community Center since 1998 but his roots run deep at the agency. He began working at Goddard as a youth outreach worker in 1976. With the exception of a brief stint in NYC government and as a consultant, he has held positions of increasing responsibility at Goddard Riverside since then.